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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7931722 | Cyclonic vacuum cleaner A cyclonic vacuum cleaner includes a body portion, a nozzle portion and a dirt cup which is removable from the body portion. The dirt cup collects dirt and other debris separated by a cyclone and a cyclone slinger portion in the body portion. A main filter may be ho... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7925578 | Systems and methods for performing scoring optimization Systems and methods relate to generating a unified determination based on a subdetermination, and in particular, generating a unified score based on respective scores. For example, the invention provides a method for generating a unified determination based on subde... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7922794 | Cyclonic vacuum cleaner ribbed cyclone shroud A vacuum cleaner cyclone separator having a cyclone chamber with an air inlet and an air outlet. The cyclone chamber directs an airflow into a cyclonic pattern to remove a first amount of debris from the airflow. A filter shroud is located within the cyclone chamber... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921593 | Rodent trap having a snare A trap having a housing, and a snare pivotally joined with the housing. The trap has an opening that provides a passageway for a rodent to enter the housing. The snare may pivot between a first position and a second position. In the first position, a rodent may ente... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7908706 | Upright vacuum cleaner with cyclonic air path A vacuum cleaner dirt container having a chamber with an upper opening, and a removable filter element. The filter element has an upper portion with an opening and a peripheral edge that engages an upper edge of the chamber. A filter portion extends from the upper p... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7899753 | Systems and methods for time variable financial authentication The systems and methods of the invention provide a technique for authenticating a finance related transaction. The method may include providing a token which contains a token counter, the token counter periodically advancing to generate a changing token value, the t... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7899688 | Process for optimization of insurance underwriting suitable for use by an automated system A robust process for automating the tuning and maintenance of decision-making systems is described. A configurable multi-stage mutation-based evolutionary algorithm optimally tunes the decision thresholds and internal parameters of fuzzy rule-based and case-based sy... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7896178 | Industrial vehicle counterweight system Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a pipelayer and a method for of loading a pipelayer or excavator for transportation. One embodiment includes a method for transporting a pipelayer or excavator from a first work site to a second worksite via a... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7895062 | System for optimization of insurance underwriting suitable for use by an automated system A robust system for automating the tuning and maintenance of decision-making systems is described. A configurable multi-stage mutation-based evolutionary algorithm optimally tunes the decision thresholds and internal parameters of fuzzy rule-based and case-based sys... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7888275 | Porous composite materials comprising a plurality of bonded fiber component structures An integrally formed multi-component structure is disclosed, the multi-component structure comprising a plurality of components, at least one of which is a three-dimensional bonded fiber fluid transmissive component comprised of a plurality of polymeric fibers bonde... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7882593 | Dirt separator system for a vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner having an elongated support body, a nozzle attached to a lower end of the elongated support body by an articulated joint, a motor, a fan unit, a debris container, and an air passage that extends from the nozzle device, past the articulated joint by ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7857152 | Flue spacer A flue spacer for providing a flue space in a storage rack having a transversely extending spacer surface and first and second legs. The first and second legs extend from the spacer surface and are adapted to attach the spacer surface to at least two uprights of the... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7844477 | Process for rule-based insurance underwriting suitable for use by an automated system A process for at least a partial underwriting of insurance policies is described. Various rules are created, along with a degree of satisfaction for each rule. Rules may be directed toward various insurance underwriting components (e.g., cholesterol levels, blood pr... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7844476 | Process for case-based insurance underwriting suitable for use by an automated system A process for at least a partial underwriting of insurance policies is described. Based on the similarity to previous insurance applications, a decision on the current request for underwriting may be made. This decision-making process represents an analogical approa... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7841046 | Height adjusting apparatus for a vacuum cleaner nozzle The invention discloses a height adjusting apparatus for a vacuum cleaner nozzle, comprising: a barrel with a vertical passage, a groove module is formed on the inner surface of the barrel, said groove module comprises an upper groove, a lower groove, which has at l... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7837772 | Vacuum cleaner filter assembly A vacuum cleaner filter assembly having a filter frame with a frame sidewall defining an enclosed perimeter. A filter is mounted in the filter frame and has a surface through which air can pass. A deodorizer chamber has a first sidewall connected to a first portion ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7818211 | System and method for providing customized sales-related data over a network A system and method for providing sales-related data over a network. The method includes the steps of receiving a request for sales-related data from a user, receiving request-related information from the user and generating the sales-related data based on the recei... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7818186 | System for determining a confidence factor for insurance underwriting suitable for use by an automated system A system is described for evaluating the decision-making confidence of a process and system for at least a partial underwriting of insurance policies where placement of an insurance application to an underwriting category is based on its similarity to previous insur... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7814612 | Linear agitator for wet extractor A wet extraction floor cleaning device having a base assembly adapted for movement on a surface being cleaned, an operating handle pivotally attached to the base assembly, a supply tank having a supply tank outlet, and a recovery tank having a recovery tank inlet an... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7813945 | System and process for multivariate adaptive regression splines classification for insurance underwriting suitable for use by an automated system A method and system for automating the decision-making process used in underwriting of insurance applications is described. While this approach is demonstrated for insurance underwriting, it is broadly applicable to diverse decision-making applications in business, ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7811022 | Flexible floor cleaning device A flexible cleaning device with a handle having a first end and a second end, a malleable head at the first end of the handle, a cover selectively covering at least a portion of the malleable head, and a grip at the second end of the handle. A fluid reservoir may be... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7801748 | System and process for detecting outliers for insurance underwriting suitable for use by an automated system An outlier detector that exploits the existing risk structure of the decision problem in order to discover risk assignments that are globally inconsistent is described. The technique works on a set of candidates for which risk categories have already been assigned. ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7770864 | Reading stand The invention provides a reading stand or document holder to support a document for review by a user. The reading stand may include a base portion including at least one aperture to allow the user to grasp the reading stand, as well as a platform portion for support... | 08/10/2010 |
| D618408 | Central vacuum | 06/22/2010 |
| 7736896 | Methods for producing enriched populations of human retinal pigment epithelium cells This invention relates to methods for improved cell-based therapies for retinal degeneration and for differentiating human embryonic stem cells and human embryo-derived into retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells and other retinal progenitor cells. ... | 06/15/2010 |
| D617962 | Central vacuum | 06/15/2010 |
| 7731102 | Neutral displacement wick Aspects of the invention include an air freshener device that emits fragrance through the evaporation of a fragrance-containing fluid comprising: a container, comprising a particular volume of the fragrance-containing fluid; a wick disposed partially in, and partial... | 06/08/2010 |
| D617064 | Vacuum cleaner dust bag | 06/01/2010 |
| 7703405 | Method of producing a fire resistant fabric with stitchbonding A washable fire-resistant fabric and a method for making a washable fire-resistant fabric comprises a lightweight pliant non-woven batt blended from two types of fire-resistant organic fibers which are non-irritating to human skin. A method for stitch bonding a plia... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7698818 | Method for assembling precision miniature bearings for minisystems and microsystems The aim of the invention is to obtain a cost-effective solution for providing a microsystem with bearings, which have sufficiently high precision and long-term stress resistance. The invention proposes a method for manufacturing, adapting or adjusting a bearing port... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7698159 | Systems and methods for performing data collection Systems and methods are provided for performing data collection of insurance related submitted data provided by an applicant for insurance on a submitted form. The system may comprise a data input portion that inputs the submitted form so that the submitted data on ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7696404 | Embryonic or stem-like cell lines produced by cross species nuclear transplantation and methods for enhancing embryonic development by genetic alteration of donor cells or by tissue culture conditions An improved method of nuclear transfer involving the transplantation of differentiated donor cell nuclei into enucleated oocytes of a species different from the donor cell is provided. The resultant nuclear transfer units are useful for the production of isogenic em... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7682509 | Trap for removing material from a fluid stream A buoyant material trap having a treatment tank with a base wall and a vertically-extending sidewall, a feed pipe to introduce fluid at a first location in the tank, and an exit pipe to remove at least a portion of the fluid from a second location in the tank. One o... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7671480 | Systems and methods for remote utility metering and meter monitoring A system and method for generating and harvesting energy in response to the flow of water through rotating device, such as a nutating or oscillating disk. Mechanical energy from flow of water is converted into electrical energy via an energy conversion unit. For exa... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7668747 | System and method for providing incentives to purchasers An online system presents remote users with static incentives, dynamic incentives and the ability to create and submit customizable incentives related to goods or services of interest to the user. By using the incentive delivery system, the user can research goods o... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7662200 | Vacuum bag mounting and viewing features A vacuum cleaner dirt containment system with a bag chamber having an open end, an outlet adapted to be in fluid communication with a vacuum fan inlet located on the vacuum cleaner housing, and a plurality of locator ribs extending from an inner wall of the bag cham... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7658195 | Male incontinence control device A male urinary incontinence control device comprising dorsal and ventral arms is presented. The dorsal clamping portion is configured for engaging a dorsal surface of a user's penis. The ventral clamping portion is configured for engaging a ventral surface of a user... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7630910 | System for case-based insurance underwriting suitable for use by an automated system A system for at least a partial underwriting of insurance policies is described. based on the similarity to previous insurance applications, a decision on the current request for underwriting may be made. this decision-making process represents an analogical approac... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7628832 | Bagless dustcup A bagless vacuum cleaner system dustcup assembly and method for using said system with a vacuum cleaner apparatus to separate dirt from a mixture of dirt and air inducted into said vacuum cleaner apparatus. Said bagless vacuum cleaner system generally comprises a du... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7621606 | Trans-differentiation and re-differentiation of somatic cells and production of cells for cell therapies The invention provides a method for effecting the trans-differentiation of a somatic cell, i.e., the conversion of a somatic cell of one cell type into a somatic cell of a different cell type. The method is practiced by culturing a somatic cell in the presence of at... | 11/24/2009 |
